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The best thing about MABM Pro is it has real time protection,
I would set it for once a week preferably when the machine is not being used,
Same goes for your av,
Both work much better if the machine is not being used at the time of the scan,
Cheers.

I scan often with all my security programs. I manually update a few times a day. If I tick on a hyper link in a post that looks or acts strange I stop and do scans. If I download a new program or program update I scan to see if anything might of came along with it. I'm a hater of PUP's.

Keep in mind that when you are doing a full scan with Malwarebytes, you are accessing each file. Your antivirus is probably set to scan each file that is accessed by any other app. So... you sort of get two scans for the "price" of one. If you are going to do a full scan with Malwarebytes, then update the list of nasties to watch for in your antivirus app first.

There are some caveats to that way of thinking. Compressed files might be handled differently. e.g. Malwarebytes might load the compressed file into RAM (or part of the compressed file) and then check its contents while everything is in RAM. The antivirus tool might not scan the compressed file's contents unless those contents are written to a drive.

Also, "on access" scans by your antivirus app are usually not as thorough as a regular antivirus scan could be. During a full scan by your antivirus app, compressed files are probably checked in much the same way that I described above.

Keep in mind that when you are doing a full scan with Malwarebytes, you are accessing each file. Your antivirus is probably set to scan each file that is accessed by any other app. So... you sort of get two scans for the "price" of one. If you are going to do a full scan with Malwarebytes, then update the list of nasties to watch for in your antivirus app first.

There are some caveats to that way of thinking. Compressed files might be handled differently. e.g. Malwarebytes might load the compressed file into RAM (or part of the compressed file) and then check its contents while everything is in RAM. The antivirus tool might not scan the compressed file's contents unless those contents are written to a drive.

Also, "on access" scans by your antivirus app are usually not as thorough as a regular antivirus scan could be. During a full scan by your antivirus app, compressed files are probably checked in much the same way that I described above.

Well I bet MBAM PRO will be way better than AVG. (Yeah, hard to believe at my reputation) I just don't want to change until I get new PCs. Its kind of like a dual transition.

...Well I bet MBAM PRO will be way better than AVG. (Yeah, hard to believe at my reputation) I just don't want to change until I get new PCs. Its kind of like a dual transition.

You may be comparing apples and kumquats. MBAM Pro and free are intended to supplement an antivirus program or suite (such as AVG), not replace it. It's there to hopefully catch anything that slips by the AV.

Unless you are getting the new PCs in just a few days, there is no reason to not use MBAM until you do get the new PCs. Why cheat yourself out of the protection you could be having?

Oh you read my posts in best deals of the day. I did change my mind. I will run it right away when I get the keys delivered. I'm just worried that the hard drive on my desktop may die and I will lose my license key. (It is 6 years old ) Will Malwarebytes understand this if it happens?

Set up Malwarebytes PRO

Malwarebytes has a new software- Malwarebytes Anti Exploithas anyone installed this?
https://www.malwarebytes.org/antiexploit/
I got an email from Malwarebytes about it
I just installed the free version on my windows 8 and windows 7 test machines
so far I am not seeing any problems but then again I just installed it :P
anyone else try it?

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malwarebytesHi.Been reading a lot about malwarebytes also on their forums,Some members are for upgrading to malwarebytes pro.
What do the members of this forum think of this?,Is it a good thing to go for the pro or stay with the free one?
Update please.
Many thanks in advance.
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